In 2005, Hilton lent her name to a chain of nightclubs owned by Fred Khalilian and known as Club Paris. This association ended in January 2007 after she had failed to attend several scheduled promotional appearances.^[51]

In 2007, after watching a graphic video about animals raised for their fur, Hilton announced her support of vegetarianism and her scarlett johansson oops opposition to wearing fur.^[32] Hilton said:

In September 2006, Hilton was arrested and charged with driving under the influence of alcohol with a blood alcohol content of 0.08%, the level at which it is illegal to drive sexy in California. Hilton's driving license was subsequently suspended in November 2006,^[62] and in January 2007 she pleaded no contest to the alcohol-related reckless driving charge.^[63] Her punishment was 36 months' probation and fines of about $1,500.^[64] On January 15, 2007, Hilton was pulled over for driving with a suspended license and signed a document acknowledging that she was not permitted to drive.^[65] On February 27, 2007 Hilton was caught driving 70 mph in a 35 mph zone, again with a suspended license. She also did not have her headlights on even though it was after dark. Prosecutors in the office of the Los Angeles City Attorney charged that those actions, along with the failure to enroll in a court-ordered alcohol education program, constituted a violation of the terms of her probation.^[62]

In a viral video directed by Adam McKay, Paris Hilton Responds to McCain Ad, Hilton makes fun of a television commercial by candidate John McCain during the 2008 U.S. presidential scarlett johansson oops election campaign. In the video, Hilton announces her policy position with concern to energy, combining elements of the energy policy proposals of McCain and his rival Barack Obama.^[34] The video, released August 6, 2008, responded to John McCain's anti-Obama campaign ad titled "Celeb,", in which McCain alleged Obama to be a celebrity akin to Britney Spears and Hilton, by declaring her own candidacy on funnyordie.com.^{[citation needed]}

In the autumn of 2004, Hilton released an autobiographical book, Confessions of an Heiress: A Tongue-in-Chic Peek Behind the Pose, co-written by Merle Ginsberg, which includes photo des fille nue tres haute qualité full color photographs of her and her advice on life as an heiress. Hilton reportedly received a $100,000 advance payment for this book. Some in the media panned the writing as amateurish, and the book was parodied by Robert Mundell on The Late Show with David Letterman. The book became a New York Times bestseller. Hilton followed it up with a designer diary, also with Ginsberg, called Your Heiress Diary: Confess It All to Me.

In the video, Hilton appears wearing a leopard-print swimsuit.^[35][36] adult nude photos.com Hilton's proposal centered on the idea that "We can do limited offshore drilling with strict environmental oversight while creating tax incentives to get Detroit making hybrid and electric cars."^{[citation needed]}

On May 4, 2007 Hilton was sentenced by Judge Michael T. Sauer to 45 days in jail for violating her probation. Initially, Hilton planned to appeal the sentence, and supported an paris hilton nue sexy online petition^[66] asking California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger for a pardon.^[67] The petition was created and organized on May 5, 2007 by Joshua Morales.^[68] In response, various opponents started a counter-petition to maintain the sentence.^[69] Both petitions attracted tens of thousands of signatures. Hilton later switched lawyers and dropped her plans to appeal.^[70]